The Lamar Louise Curry Concert Series seeks to present captivating music in a beautiful space to the people of South Florida.  This ministry of First United Methodist Church Coral Gables is designed to provide a vital community outreach that enriches the lives of all ages— spiritually, culturally, and educationally—through music!

Allie Biancoviso Jazz Orchestra

Friday, October 2, 2026, 7:30pm

The Allie Biancoviso Jazz Orchestra will present repertoire influenced by many genres of music. Drawing inspiration from jazz, today's popular styles, and Cuban music, the audience can expect a wide variety of grooves throughout the evening. The program will feature many of Biancoviso's original compositions and arrangements, as well as familiar favorites the audience will recognize, and will showcase many members of the ensemble throughout the night. 

Allie Biancoviso is a composer, trombonist, and educator from Staten Island, New York whose music draws inspiration from nature, poetry, and lived experiences. Based in Miami, the Allie Biancoviso Jazz Orchestra is a dream realized. Through this ensemble, Biancoviso explores her creative voice and genre-blurring inspirations while also featuring the unique voices of its members. 

As a performer, Biancoviso has experience in a variety of genres and has played with artists such as Christian McBride, Bad Bunny, Monsieur Perine, and South Florida’s own RF Factor. She also freelances regularly throughout South Florida. In 2025 Biancoviso performed at the Stanford Jazz Festival with the 2024-2025 Mentor Fellow Cohort. In 2024, she toured as a sideman with the Mike Davison Big Band in Santiago de Cuba at the Festival Internacional JazzPlaza. Her band, The Allie Biancoviso Quintet was featured as a finalist for the Music at McBride Performance Series in January 2024.

Biancoviso’s passion for sharing music has led her to teach internationally. She currently serves on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop and as an adjunct instructor at Westminster Christian School. She is also a teaching assistant for the University of Miami’s Shalala MusicReach Program, has given masterclasses in Cuba, and teaches lessons to students from throughout the country. 

Biancoviso was named part of the Stanford Jazz Workshop’s Mentor-Fellowship Cohort in 2024 and 2025. In June 2024, she was selected to participate in Jazz Aspen’s JAS Academy. Biancoviso is a recipient of the 2022 Jazz Education Network Hal Leonard Scholarship and 2022 Margot Jazz Fund Award.

She is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Jazz Composition at the Frost School of Music, from where she also holds a master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy and is a Henry Mancini Institute Fellow. She received her bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Penn State School of Music.

Marches of Honor:

A Veterans Day Celebration

Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:30pm

The Miami Sousa Band returns to the Lamar Louise Curry Concert Series with Marches of Honor: A Veterans Day Celebration, a stirring and heartfelt tribute honoring the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.

This uplifting program features patriotic favorites, including The Stars and Stripes Forever, alongside a vibrant mix of classical works, virtuosic solo features, light classics, and Sousa-style novelties. True to the spirit of John Philip Sousa, the concert unfolds in a fast-paced, continuous format—with just seconds between each selection—creating an exciting, seamless musical experience that keeps the energy high from beginning to end.

Both meaningful and exhilarating, this annual tradition celebrates service, sacrifice, and the enduring power of music to bring people together. This is a concert experience not to be missed.

Thomas Pandolfi, Concert Pianist

Friday, January 22, 2027, 7:30pm

World-renowned pianist Thomas Pandolfi returns to the Lamar Louise Curry Concert Series for an electrifying evening of virtuosity, expression, and musical storytelling. Known for his charismatic stage presence and extraordinary technical command, Pandolfi brings audiences on a captivating journey through a wide-ranging and dynamic piano program.

A graduate of The Juilliard School (BM & MM), Pandolfi has become an international audience favorite, performing on many of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Alice Tully Hall, The Kennedy Center, Cadogan Hall, and beyond.

Celebrated for his versatility, Pandolfi is widely regarded as a leading interpreter of the great Romantic composers, particularly Frédéric Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Leopold Godowsky, while also earning praise for performances spanning from Johann Sebastian Bach to George Gershwin. Composer Morton Gould once remarked, “It’s the finest performance of Gershwin I have heard since the composer himself.”

Equally renowned for his dazzling and inventive transcriptions of beloved works such as West Side Story and The Phantom of the Opera, Pandolfi’s performances combine artistry, excitement, and theatrical flair—leaving audiences of all ages inspired and eager for more.

A Steinway & Sons Artist, Pandolfi’s performances have been featured on major broadcast outlets including PBS, WETA (Washington, DC), WQXR (New York), WRCJ (Detroit), and internationally on DCN TV (China), among others.

Jan Kraybill, Concert Organist

Friday, March 12, 2027, 7:30pm

Dr. Jan Kraybill is a Grammy-nominated performer, musical leader, dynamic speaker, educator, and enthusiastic advocate for the power of music to change lives for the better. In addition to maintaining a very active concert schedule, in the Kansas City metro area she is Organ Conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and Organist-in-Residence at Community of Christ headquarters.

Throughout her career Jan has performed as both a solo and collaborative musician, taught workshops on a variety of topics, and inspired audiences and congregations. While in high school in Colby, Kansas, she was invited to play her first European piano recital in Andover, England. She has performed in many venues in North America and Europe, as well as in Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti. In 2015, she designed and led a hymn festival at the International Gathering of Hymn Societies at Cambridge University. She has been a featured artist and speaker at regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada, the American Choral Directors Association, and other musicians’ organizations, and on American Public Media’s Pipedreams and other broadcasts. Several solo and collaborative recordings are available, including her Grammy-nominated solo album The Orchestral Organ, released by Reference Recordings, which was nominated as Best Classical Instrumental Solo and in two other Grammy categories in 2020.

In addition to Dr. Kraybill’s degrees in music education and piano and organ performance, she attained the AGO’s Fellow certificate, organists’ highest certification level, in 2010. She has served in elected and appointed local, regional, and national roles in the AGO and other non-profit organizations. In 2024, The Hymn Society honored her by naming her a Fellow of the Hymn Society. Her extra-musical interests include lacemaking, painting, and riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle. You are welcome to visit www.jankraybill.com for more information.

Bring the music to life

Your generosity makes it possible for First Coral Gables to offer inspiring live performances. As a concert underwriter, you directly support talented artists, enrich cultural life, and keep music accessible to all.

You can support the 2026-27 series as an underwriter at these levels:

• Bronze ($100–$499)

• Silver ($500–$1,499)

• Gold ($1,500–$2,999)

• Platinum ($3,000 and above)

• Concert Sponsor: The underwriting of a concert

Take center stage as a champion of the arts! Please contact Dr. Seth Carlson, Music Director, if you are moved to support reaching out to our community through our music ministry.

Every gift, every note,
every standing ovation
begins with you.